Chapter 98: Tea Shop Owner: No, Are You This Ruthless?
Inside Baijun law Firm.
At present, the operation within the law firm was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Su Bai could see.
That Li Xuezhen, this pure female university student, and Wang Kexin, this little meatball hairstyle, had a close relationship.
Moreover!
This little meatball hairstyle Wang Kexin also seemed to know Xu Xiang, but they did not appear to be very familiar.
Then the answer was already very clear.
They should be roommates.
After clarifying this line of thought, Su Bai took a sip of the tea he had obtained from Luo Daxiang and let out a long breath.
After the law firm recruited intern lawyers, the work of running cases and handling miscellaneous matters had been handed over by Duan Liang and Xu Xiang to the intern lawyers.
The workload had been greatly reduced.
During these past few days, he had also been much more relaxed and had not taken on any cases.
Life had been relatively comfortable.
“Hoo…”
Su Bai tasted the tea and let out a long breath.
Feeling the tea brewed from tea leaves costing 500 yuan per 500 grams (≈1.1 lb) flowing into his throat, he felt that it was very good.
It was far better than the 6,999 yuan for 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb) tea leaves.
It was obvious that for the previous tea leaves costing 6,999 yuan for 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb), the shop owner had at least tearfully earned 6,900 yuan.
Thinking of this, Su Bai felt that it was necessary to make a trip to the tea shop.
Therefore.
He called Li Xuezhen and left the law firm, preparing to go to the tea shop to ask what exactly had happened.
He could not be cheated like this for nothing.
As a well known lawyer, if he were cheated like this, he needed to take up the weapon of law to protect himself.
Otherwise, this would cause his peers to laugh at him for two and a half years.
As soon as Li Xuezhen heard that Su Bai was taking her out, her eyes lit up and she could not help but ask curiously:
“Lawyer Su.”
“What are we going to do?”
“Is there a new case?”
“Is this case a criminal case?”
Three consecutive questions.
Upon mentioning a criminal case, Li Xuezhen’s small face became serious and her tone carried excitement.
Su Bai rubbed his brow: “No, there is a matter that needs to be handled, you can just follow me.”
“Oh.”
“All right, Lawyer Su.”
After hearing that it was not a criminal case, Li Xuezhen’s excited small face visibly fell into disappointment.
Seeing this, Su Bai did not say much, only thinking about when he would be able to correct Li Xuezhen’s thinking.
Very quickly.
The two arrived at the tea shop where Su Bai frequently purchased tea.
The shop owner was a man nearly 100 kilograms (≈220 lb) in weight and not tall.
Upon seeing Su Bai, the shop owner seemed to have seen a wealthy patron.
He quickly greeted him:
“Boss Su.”
“May Boss Su become prosperous.”
“Has Boss Su become prosperous again recently? I have newly arrived top quality tea here, 12,999 yuan for 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb)”
“Boss Su, would you like to try it?”
Su Bai smiled and nodded: “Yes, yes.”
“First brew a cup for me to taste.”
“All right!”
The tea shop owner spoke with a smile and then brewed a cup of tea for Su Bai.
Su Bai slowly tasted a sip.
Tsk.
This tea, compared with Luo Daxiang’s 500 yuan per 500 grams (≈1.1 lb) tea, still had some gap.
Of course.
With respect to this gap, Su Bai meant that it was still inferior to Luo Daxiang’s 500 yuan per 500 grams (≈1.1 lb) tea.
Good heavens, so this tea costing 12,999 yuan for 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb) meant that the shop owner had tearfully earned 12,000 yuan.
Tsk tsk.
Expose the counterfeit, expose the counterfeit.
Su Bai no longer concealed anything and directly laid his cards on the table, first purchasing 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb) and then asking the shop owner whether he had sold him counterfeit goods.
The tea shop owner’s expression clearly froze for a moment, and then he smiled and spoke:
“Boss Su.”
“What are you saying, our shop is a reputable long established shop, if there is any problem, we are willing to compensate ten times for one false item!”
“All right!”
Su Bai immediately made the decision, nodded, and took out the evidence.
Two packages of tea leaves.
He placed them on the table.
“These two packages of tea leaves, one package was sold to me by you as tea costing 6,999 yuan for 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb), and the other package was given to me by a friend as tea costing 500 yuan per 500 grams (≈1.1 lb).”
“I have not yet conducted an appraisal, but you may first taste them, and if you still confirm that there is no problem at all, then I will not say anything further.”
Looking at the two packages of tea leaves placed on the table, the shop owner knew very clearly in his heart that what he had sold was indeed not worth the price.
He let out a long breath and slowly spoke:
“Boss Su, the situation is like this.”
“Our tea leaves simply have this flavor.”
Not so, I have already placed the evidence in front of you, and you are still speaking stubbornly.
Could it be that I do not know whether this tea tastes good or not?
Although I do not understand tea leaves, I drink them frequently.
With respect to flavor, I can still distinguish it.
Su Bai coughed lightly twice:
Cough cough.
“In that case, there is nothing more to say.”
At this time, Li Xuezhen’s eyes lit up and she looked the shop owner up and down.
For some reason, the shop owner suddenly felt a chill in his body and hurriedly stopped Su Bai.
“Boss Su, let us speak properly, let us speak properly.”
“Do not leave.”
“Boss Su, if you feel that there is any problem with my tea leaves, I can give you a certain amount of compensation.”
“Compensation ten times for one false item?”
“Ah? This.”
The shop owner was somewhat hesitant and nervous. Upon hearing the other party propose compensation ten times for one false item, he could not help but ask:
“Boss Su, you are not related enforcement personnel, are you?”
“No, I am a lawyer.”
Su Bai spoke with a smile.
After hearing that he was a lawyer, the shop owner relaxed somewhat in his heart.
But at this time, he then heard Li Xuezhen speaking softly beside him:
“Lawyer Su, this year our Baijun law Firm has handled a total of six cases, and four people were directly sent into custody in court.”
“This shop owner.”
“I just recorded everything the shop owner said, and every sentence he spoke can be used as courtroom evidence.”
Su Bai: “???”
Shop owner: “?!?”
I merely sold the price slightly higher, how is it that this young lady is thinking only about sending me into custody.
The shop owner hurriedly searched Baijun law Firm according to what Li Xuezhen had said.
Good heavens, this law firm was indeed formidable.
Moreover, this Boss Su in front of him, Lawyer Su, was even more formidable.
Tsk tsk.
Compensate.
I will compensate.
If he still did not compensate under these circumstances, who knew what consequences there would be.
“Lawyer Su, the situation is like this.”
“The tea leaves previously sold to you indeed had certain problems, and with respect to the price, it may be that I misestimated it, I will provide full compensation.”
Upon hearing the tea shop owner’s words, the corners of Su Bai’s mouth slightly lifted.
Hiss.
It must be said that Little Li had quite some talent in assisting.
The shop owner not only provided compensation ten times over, but also additionally gave 1,500 grams (≈3.3 lb) of good tea leaves free of charge.
He also guaranteed that he would hang a notice at the entrance of the shop and issue a public apology.
This matter thus came to an end.
Su Bai had originally only wanted to seek an explanation, if the shop owner had been unreasonable, he would have directly resolved the matter through a series of legal measures.
However.
The other party’s attitude was sincere, compensation was timely, and he also proactively proposed issuing a public apology.
If he initiated litigation, the compensation would probably only reach this level, and moreover litigation would require time.
Therefore he directly reached a settlement.
After walking out of the shop entrance, Li Xuezhen’s small face fell.
She had originally thought that the shop owner would confront them stubbornly after hearing those words.
At that time.
Would there not have been an opportunity?
But unexpectedly, the shop owner proactively provided compensation.
This matter was thus settled.
“Ah.”
Little Li’s small face showed sorrow, there were no cases, truly there were no cases, no one could be sent into custody, truly no one could be sent into custody.
After handling the matter of the tea shop, Su Bai and Li Xuezhen returned to Baijun law Firm.
Inside the office.
Taking a small sip of the tea leaves given free by the shop owner, and looking at the high rise buildings outside the window, he softly exhaled and silently recited:
“Tea obtained by exploiting opportunities truly tastes good.”
However, the scenery outside the window.
All right, outside the window there was no scenery at all, there were only high rise buildings.
These high rise buildings were too obstructive.
Su Bai withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.
Ultimately, the scale of the law firm was still not large enough.
If the scale of the law firm were sufficiently large, then he would directly move to the upper floors, and there would not be so many high rise buildings, and looking into the distance, would it not all be scenery?
Tsk tsk.
The business of the law firm still needed to continue developing.
At present, the law firm already had a certain degree of reputation within the Nandu legal circle.
After the Penguin case, there were many cases, but there were not many civil commercial cases or financial cases.
It should be known that these two types of cases were very profitable cases.
Sometimes, one case was sufficient for other law firms to sustain themselves for an entire year.
However.
The scale of Baijun law Firm was still too small.
Those civil commercial cases and major financial cases, not to mention that they themselves already maintained legal counsel.
Even if there were some matters that legal counsel could not resolve, those enterprises also had certain business contacts with lawyers from some of the nation’s top law firms.
As for them.
At present they indeed had business contacts with Nanyou, which could be considered as taking the first step, but it was still far from sufficient.
Troublesome.
When would he truly become a major capitalist?
Just as Su Bai was thinking, knock knock knock.
Outside the office, there was the sound of knocking on the door.
After knocking, Duan Liang touched his smooth bald head and walked in with a smile.
“Lawyer Su.”
“Sit.”
Su Bai spoke with a smile and poured Duan Liang a cup of tea.
During this period of time, since Duan Liang came to Baijun law Firm, he had not been idle.
Why did he know?
Because before Duan Liang came, although his head was bald, his scalp had at least been white, but now his scalp had turned dark.
This was sufficient to show that during this period of time, Duan Liang had indeed been tired and frequently running outside handling matters.
After Duan Liang received the teacup, he sat on the sofa and spoke with a smile:
“Lawyer Su, I came to see you because I want to communicate with you about the recent cases.”
After hearing Duan Liang’s words, Su Bai slightly nodded:
“Lawyer Duan, if there is anything to say, you may speak directly.”
Duan Liang’s round face relaxed considerably, and after touching his head once, he spoke:
“The situation is like this, Lawyer Su.”
“At present, our law firm has already recruited two intern lawyers, and for many cases neither Lawyer Xu nor I need to handle them personally anymore.”
“The two of us have been somewhat more relaxed these past few days.”
“Taking advantage of this free time, Lawyer Xu and I made a general summary of the cases that our law firm has recently accepted.”
“At present, most of the cases our law firm has accepted are relatively small civil and commercial cases.”
“The legal fees collected for each case are not small, but they are also not particularly large.”
“The intention that Lawyer Xu and I discussed is this.”
“Lawyer Su, you would not want the law firm to be unable to make progress, would you?”
Su Bai: “???”
These words.
Why do they carry a somewhat strange implication?
Looking at Duan Liang’s somewhat darkened forehead and the smile on his face.
Cough cough.
Su Bai coughed lightly twice and hurriedly spoke:
“I do!”
“I certainly hope that Baijun law Firm can grow stronger.”
“Have Lawyer Duan and Lawyer Xu discussed any results?”
Duan Liang smiled and nodded: “According to the current situation, we indeed discussed a result.”
“However, this may require Lawyer Su’s cooperation.”
“Tell me.”
“Yes!”
After Duan Liang left, Su Bai took a deep breath:
“This method indeed has a certain degree of feasibility, and perhaps it really can expand the scale of the law firm.”
“But doing this.”
“Will we be beaten?”
At present, the several cases the law firm had litigated had indeed established a reputation within the Nandu legal circle.
However, this reputation attracted mostly some medium scale and relatively simple cases.
Clearly.
Duan Liang had truly considered the development of the law firm, and had even specially discussed it with Xu Xiang before speaking with him.
Only.
The method proposed by Duan Liang.
Was somewhat too simple and direct.
Directly using his own connections to obtain cooperation from other law firms?
Then using the popularity and reputation gained from these several cases to determine the cooperative relationship between Baijun law Firm and other business partners.
A false business competition: I used some kind of advanced business technique.
A real business competition: I swing a hoe and dig at your wall.
Although.
This was a law firm, but it was approximately the same.
Moreover, Duan Liang also guaranteed that the cases he brought were only cases from his own network of personal connections, all following normal procedures, and there was no deliberate attempt to poach clients.
Su Bai nodded in agreement.
After all, if Duan Liang could bring cases, that itself demonstrated a certain degree of trust from the other party toward Duan Liang.
Regarding the matter of poaching clients, there was very quickly progress.
Duan Liang swung the hoe very effectively, directly using his network of connections to bring two business cooperation arrangements to the law firm.
It was unknown what Duan Liang had said to the persons in charge of the two business cooperation arrangements.
After the two persons in charge had a meal with Su Bai, they immediately decided to cooperate with Baijun law Firm.
Su Bai knew that this was because he had gained reputation through litigating the Penguin case.
Duan Liang used this point to negotiate the two business cooperation arrangements.
Everything was for the development of the law firm, and Su Bai did not say much about it.
He even hoped that such cooperation would increase further.
After all, if one meal could secure one cooperation arrangement, would that not be very satisfying?
Of course.
The reason Duan Liang was willing to use his own connections to bring business cooperation arrangements to the law firm.
In addition to the fact that he could make better negotiations by relying on Su Bai’s reputation.
More importantly.
The promise that Su Bai had given him was truly a substantial promise.
It was not merely drawn.
It was a real promise.
Something that could be eaten into the stomach to relieve hunger, excellent and satisfying.
Inside Baijun law Firm.
With the business cooperation arrangements brought by Duan Liang, at present the scale of the law firm had indeed been significantly improved.
“Hoo.”
Su Bai let out a long breath, drank a sip of tea, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
From the current perspective, the development of the law firm was becoming better and better.
It seemed.
He needed to continue working hard to enhance the law firm’s reputation and bring in more business cooperation arrangements.
It should be known.
Business cooperation arrangements were far more profitable than litigation.
Those first class top tier law firms generally had very deep business contacts and cooperative relationships with major enterprises.
Their law firm still had a long and difficult road ahead.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Continue working hard.
At the same time.
At Nandu University of Law, Wang Kexin with the little meatball hairstyle was giving suggestions to Li Xuezhen.
During this period she had already understood the situation at the law firm clearly.
Tsk tsk.
A perfect match.
If she did not bring the two together, then all her years of reading novels would have been in vain.
“Xuezhen.”
However.
Before success was achieved, defeat came first. After Wang Kexin finished speaking, she did not receive any response from Li Xuezhen.
Lowering her head to take a look.
She was studying criminal law.
All right.
There would still be opportunities in the future.
Wang Kexin slightly nodded, her small face showing regret, and the little meatball hairstyle swayed with the wind.
After Baijun law Firm secured two business cooperation arrangements.
The expansion of the law firm’s scale entered a certain stagnation period.
Moreover, recently there had not been any good cases, and some small cases and small scale cases had all been handed over by Su Bai to Xu Xiang and Duan Liang for handling.
At present.
His work content was to accept some relatively complex cases within the law firm.
In simple terms, he would not accept cases that were not sufficiently significant.
Those that could be handled by Duan Liang and Xu Xiang were handed over to the two of them.
Regarding this matter, Su Bai had not said anything, but Li Xuezhen had become somewhat anxious.
Seven consecutive victories.
It had already been several days, and her seventh intern lawyer case still had not appeared.
Perhaps.
Should she go back to the tea shop with Lawyer Su once again?
Tea shop owner: no, I was already guarding against this move of yours.
At that time when you were in the tea shop, the way you looked at me was already not quite right, fortunately I was extremely clever.
I compensated what needed to be compensated in advance, said what needed to be said politely in advance, and yielded where needed in advance.
Now that you do not have your seventh case, you are thinking of me?
Even if you think of me, it is useless.
Look.
I have already reached a settlement, do not think about me anymore.
Tsk tsk.
The tea shop owner truly had the ability to foresee risks in advance.
“Ah.”
Little Li’s small face was full of sorrow, lying on her workstation, her gaze dull, appearing completely dispirited.
Tsk tsk.
Wang Kexin at the other intern lawyer workstation noticed Li Xuezhen’s condition.
She let out a sigh in her heart.
She did not say anything, but she understood the pain in her friend’s heart.
“It should probably be enough to think of a method.”
Wang Kexin silently recited in her heart.
These two close friends were each thinking their own thoughts, neither interfering with the other.